Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art (109)

BIBLICAL POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Short cylindrical neck with two handles and circular lines around the entire body and base
Dimensions:
Height: 11 cm
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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BURNISHED POTTERY SPOUTED VESSEL
“Canaanite” Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2000 BC

Red slip, globular body with a two loop handles, rim folded outward and a flat base

Dimensions:
Height: 10 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height on stand: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Jericho “Jordan valley”, Holy Land

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POTTERY RATTLE
IRON AGE II, 1000 – 586 BC
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel”

Concave-sided, hollow body, closed on either side end with convex disc, hole of different size on either end.

Measurements:
Length: 9 cm
Diameter: 6.5 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored.

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel.

Hollow objects containing pebbles or clay pieces are found in Iron Age sites, mainly in tom...

BURNISHED TERRACOTA JAR
CYPRIOT, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 – 1200 B.C

The vase consists of two identical small juglets (bilbils) joined together at body, excellent workmanship and decoration, dark gray metallic burnish, a fine creation of the master potter in a period when pottery making reached a peak of achievement.

The jar is well proportioned, with a flaring neck, graceful ovoid body and a pointed base...

Terracotta Oil Lamp
Holy Land – Late Bronze Age;
Canaanite; 1550 – 1200 BC
“Time of Moses”

Biblical pottery saucer type oil lamp with “Soot” burning marks at the nozzle

Measurements:
Length: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Israel

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, Roman “Herodian” 37 BC – 100 AD
Second temple period
Time of Christ

Globular ribbed body with a shaped neck and handle.

Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 cm
Diameter: 7 cm
Height on stand: 15 cm

Condition: Good condition as shown

Found in Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY WINE JUG WITH A LONG SPOUT AND A STRAINER
HOLY LAND, Iron Age, Israelite, 1200 – 900 BC

Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

Beautifully made in a globular body with long spout and a strainer

Very little is known about vessels used for drinking beer, those we know of are generally characterised by a spout and a strainer. Since the remains of straw and chaff usually floated along the surface of the beer, it was necessary to strain the liquid before drinking it...

POTTERY JAR WITH A HIGH LOOPED HANDLE M
HOLY LAND, Chalcholithic Age, 4000 - 3100 BC

Dimensions:
Height: 12 cm
Width: 13 cm
Height on stand: 16 cm

Condition: very good condition

Found in Jericho east of Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the bible land during the biblical periods...

RED SLIP POTTERY WINE PITCHER
CANAANITE, Early Bronze Age, 3100 – 2700 BC

Beautiful Abydos ware burnished wine jug with a long neck, large handle and funnel-shaped mouth and a flat base.

Dimensions:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 12 cm

Condition: Very good condition as shown

Found in Jericho, Israel

Ceramic vessels effectively sweat, keeping insides much cooler than outside while losing liquid...

LARGE PAINTED POTTERY WINE PITCHER
HOLY LAND, BIBLICAL, LATE BRONZE AGE, 1550 -1200 BC
Time of Moses

Painted terracotta wine pitcher, ring base, shaped neck with a tri-foil mouth and typical late bronze age brown paint design all around the shoulders.

Measurements:
Height: 19 cm
Width: 20 cm
Height on stand: 25 cm

Condition: Good condition

Found in Hebron “City of Abraham” south of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY MILK JAR
HOLY LAND, Biblical, Iron Age, 1200 – 1000 BC
First temple period
“Time of King David”

Nicely made in a globular body with a cylindrical neck and a thick handle

Measurements:
Height: 20 cm
Width: 18 cm
Height on stand: 24 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Found in Hebron south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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PAINTED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND, MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 - 1550 BC
Time of patriarchs

Painted pottery jar “Chocolate on white ware” 'Chocolate-on-White' Ware is a ceramic type known from the region during the Middle Bronze Age II to the early Late Bronze Age I (ca 1600-1400 BC) The ware features elegant storage jars, platters and kraters painted with brown geometric motifs on a cream-coloured base...

BURINSHED POTTERY PERFUME JAR
HOLY LAND; MIDDLE BRONZE AGE, 1850 BC
Time of Abraham

Ovoid body, pointed base with a double-shaped handle

Measurements:
Height: 17.5 cm
Diameter: 11.5 cm
Height on stand: 19 cm

Condition: Intact, not repaired and not restored

Mounted on a custom made plexi-glass display stand

Found in Samaria north of Jerusalem, Israel

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POTTERY PYXIS WITH THREE HANDLES AND A LID
Biblical, Iron Age, 1000 - 586 B.C.
Time of the Kings of ancient Israel

RARE- pottery pyxis with three handles and a lid.
Would have been used to hold perfumed oils and ointments...

POTTERY PERFUME JAR
ROMAN PERIOD; 1ST - “ 3RD CENTURY AD

Dimensions:
Height: 9 cm
Diameter: 5.5 cm
Height on stand: 14 cm

Condition: Minor repair at the rim otherwise intact

Found in Jerusalem, Holy Land

Antiquities are valuable because of their historical and cultural values and especially because of their provenance in the biblical lands during the biblical period...

POTTERY COOKING POT
HOLY LAND – ROMAN “HERODIAN DYNASTY”
SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD
37 BC – 70 AD
Time of Jesus and King Herod the Great

Measurements:
Height: 22 cm
Diameter: 23 cm
Height on stand: 30 cm

Condition: Repaired from large fragments

Found near Bethlehem south of Jerusalem, Holy Land

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POTTERY VESSEL WITH A LOOPED HANDLE
HOLY LAND; CHALCHOLITHIC AGE; 4000 - 3100 BC

Measurements:
Height: 13.5 cm
Width: 13 cm

Condition: Chip near handle as shown otherwise intact

Found in Jericho, Holy Land

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BURNISHED POTTERY JUGLET
Cypriot; Late Bronze Age, 1550 – 1200 BC
Cypriot ceramic imports found in Israel Ref. Ancient pottery of the Holy Land (Amiran, 1969 PL.554).

Burnished pottery bilbil globular body with a high base, long cylindrical neck slightly off central axis, funnel rim and a antithetic scroll in relief on body

During the Late Bronze Age little jugs, known, as "Bil-bils" were importaed into Canaan...